Kunal
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,259since 1977
Kunal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kunal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #3,551 | 30 |
| 2008 | #5,249 | 17 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #3,319 | 30 |
| 2004 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,306 | 43 |
| 2000 | #2,049 | 49 |
| 1999 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1997 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #1,764 | 52 |
| 1995 | #2,444 | 31 |
| 1994 | #1,544 | 60 |
| 1993 | #1,824 | 46 |
| 1992 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #1,968 | 38 |
| 1989 | #1,993 | 36 |
| 1988 | #1,618 | 44 |
| 1987 | #1,563 | 45 |
| 1986 | #1,511 | 44 |
| 1985 | #1,524 | 43 |
| 1984 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1983 | #1,296 | 51 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #3,221 | 13 |
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| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Kunal! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kunal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kunal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kunal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1984 at #1,294 (51 births)
- Births halved by 2007, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,201
- Highest: 1 in 32,201 boys born in 1994 were named Kunal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,294 in 1984, was only 1 in 35,389 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 36.1% of all boys named Kunal (454) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,851 |
| 1980s | 351 | #1,294 (1984) | #1,798 |
| 1990s | 454 | #1,544 (1994) | #1,939 |
| 2000s | 324 | #2,049 (2000) | #3,312 |
| 2010s | 92 | #5,720 (2012) | #8,562 |
| 2020s | 24 | #9,554 (2020) | #10,815 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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